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Dr. Cory Ledyard inspects Tommy Headland (7 mos.) with mother Margaret Headland at the Mothers' Educational Center, Los Angeles, 1936

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Title: Dr. Cory Ledyard inspects Tommy Headland (7 mos.) with mother Margaret Headland at the Mothers' Educational Center, Los Angeles, 1936
Date Created and/or Issued: April 9, 1936
Publication Information: Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information: US
UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-4988
Description: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Dr. Ledyard places a stethoscope to Tommy's chest while his mother happily watches.
Photograph appears with the article, "School for Mothers Enrolls Fathers, Too," Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr 1936: A1.
The Center was founded twenty-one years ago by Dr. Maud Wilde, and offers a complete course in mothering featuring child-study, nutrition, and character-building, amongst many others. for children ages 3 weeks to 6 years.
Text from negative sleeve: 4628 - Tom Headland Mrs. H. W. Headland Dr. Cory Ledyard Mothers' Ed. Center 3/30/36 [stamped:] Apr 9 - 1936
Text from newspaper caption: Healthy babies make good citizens. So at the Mothers' Educational Center an elaborate child-rearing course starts with a complete physical examination. Here Staff Doctor Cory Ledyard is inspecting 7-months-old Tommy Headland's heart while his mother observes carefully.
Handwritten on negative: Tom Headland Mrs. H. W. " Dr. Cory Ledyard
Type: Image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_13834
ark:/21198/zz002j79k0
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Parents--American--California--Los Angeles
Physicians--American--California--Los Angeles
Medical examinations--California--Los Angeles
Diapers--California--Los Angeles
Infants--California--Los Angeles
Headland, Margaret, 1911-2001
Ledyard, Cory, 1883-1952
Headland, Thomas, b. 1935
Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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